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| Holocaust survivor, aged 85, stabbed and burned to death in Paris apartment in suspected antisemitic murder | |
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| An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor has been stabbed and burned to death in her Paris apartment in a suspected antisemitic murder. | An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor has been stabbed and burned to death in her Paris apartment in a suspected antisemitic murder. |
| Mireille Knoll was found dead inside the blackened remains of her apartment, which police believe was set ablaze after she was attacked, a judicial source said. | Mireille Knoll was found dead inside the blackened remains of her apartment, which police believe was set ablaze after she was attacked, a judicial source said. |
| Two suspects were detained but have not yet been charged. | Two suspects were detained but have not yet been charged. |
| The investigation by the Paris prosecutor's office is trying to establish whether it was a killing "motivated by the real or supposed adherence to a religion", the source said. | The investigation by the Paris prosecutor's office is trying to establish whether it was a killing "motivated by the real or supposed adherence to a religion", the source said. |
| France's chief rabbi described Ms Knoll's death as a "horror". Jewish leaders have called for a march in her memory. | France's chief rabbi described Ms Knoll's death as a "horror". Jewish leaders have called for a march in her memory. |
| French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is visiting Israel, said the theory that Ms Knoll's death was antisemitic was plausible. | French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is visiting Israel, said the theory that Ms Knoll's death was antisemitic was plausible. |
| "It reminds us of the fundamental and permanent side of this battle (against antisemitism)," he said, speaking alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. | "It reminds us of the fundamental and permanent side of this battle (against antisemitism)," he said, speaking alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. |
| As a child in Paris, Ms Knoll managed to evade the round-up of Jews during the Second World War, Paris lawmaker Meyer Habib said. | As a child in Paris, Ms Knoll managed to evade the round-up of Jews during the Second World War, Paris lawmaker Meyer Habib said. |
| Thousands of Jews were brought to the Velodrome d'Hiver cycling track in 1942 and sent on to Nazi death camps. | Thousands of Jews were brought to the Velodrome d'Hiver cycling track in 1942 and sent on to Nazi death camps. |
| France is home to western Europe's biggest Jewish population and many in the 400,000-strong community have complained for years of a rise in antisemitic hate crimes. | France is home to western Europe's biggest Jewish population and many in the 400,000-strong community have complained for years of a rise in antisemitic hate crimes. |
| In 2015, vandals desecrated 250 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France days after four Jews were killed in an attack on a kosher grocery in Paris. | In 2015, vandals desecrated 250 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France days after four Jews were killed in an attack on a kosher grocery in Paris. |
| Ms Knoll's killing took place a year to the day after the murder of Sarah Halimi-Attal, a 65-year-old whose death prosecutors believe was antisemitic. | Ms Knoll's killing took place a year to the day after the murder of Sarah Halimi-Attal, a 65-year-old whose death prosecutors believe was antisemitic. |
| "The horror of the crime and the violence of the executioners are identical and reflect the negation of the human face," Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia said in a tweet. | "The horror of the crime and the violence of the executioners are identical and reflect the negation of the human face," Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia said in a tweet. |
| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |